NeverAWS

AWS CloudFormation

I hate it. Pulumi does the same job with real code.

Never by choice.

Don't use it when

Always. Use Pulumi.

Use instead

Pulumi: real code, an S3 backend, and every other vendor through Terraform providers.

Alternatives

Pulumi Always.

Where it fits

Provisioning everything: Don't.
Never. YAML templates that only reach AWS. Pulumi does the same job in real code and provisions every other vendor too.
Instead: Pulumi

Last reviewed 18 October 2026 by Nicolas Dao

Also in Infrastructure as code

Default Pulumi: Infrastructure as code
Use when GitHub Actions: CI/CD
Use when Terraform / OpenTofu

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